Movies like Crazy Days
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Crazy Days (1977)
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Original name: Ludi dani
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A group of Dalmatian guest workers from Germany come to their native town on Easter holidays. They usually spend time in a local pub playing cards, drinking and yelling. Jure is the most successful and bragging among them, while Klempo is considered poorest since he didn't built the house or bought a car. Annoyed by poor cards, Klempo places a bet with Jure that he made more money than him. The loser must give everything to winner and then walk around the town naked.
Style:
comedy drama
Plot:
bet, drinking, holiday, dalmatian, rivalry, shame, humiliation, pride, social status, working class, small town, embarrassment, male camaraderie, friendship, getting home, satire, machismo, slice of life, vanity, tradition, nostalgia, homesickness, sex, fight, money ...
Time:
70s
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia, yugoslavia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, melancholic and captivating films with plots about friendship, slice of life, bittersweet, small town, nostalgia, coming of age and working class mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Crazy Days: Sunday Lunch (1982), Any Crybabies Around? (2020), Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya (2020), The Flamingo Rising (2001), Throatful of Strawberries (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 46 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, melancholic, sentimental, political, noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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63
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
55%
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Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
55%
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
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154
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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448
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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